serialised in analog vol. lxxvii #6, lxxvii #1, #2, #3; 8, 9, 10, 11/1966
part one is the cover story for 8/1966, art by john schoenherr, also
five, two, two, three b+w illustrations by schoenherr in the respective issues.
macdonald & co. h/cvr first printing, first uk edition
cover (d-j) art (unsigned, iirc uncredited, line decoration of the bodies of the very large ''SF'')
cover (d-j) price 25/-
256pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp, bound with endpapers between covered boards
two further, authorised lord darcy alternate history novels were written by michael kurland,
from randall garret's notes and outlines, after he ceased to be mentally capable of writing:
#4: ''ten little wizards'' (1988), q.v.
#5: ''a study in sorcery'' (1989), q.v.
merkin science fiction bookclub omnibus of #1, #2 & #3: not for sale to the general public, nor
sold by nor distributed to retailers by the book club publishers nor by the news wholesalers:
#O1: "lord darcy" (1983, 1999), q.v.
omnibus containing all of randall garrett's lord darcy stories, but neither of michael kurland's:
two novelettes more than in the science fiction bookclub omnibus but bearing the same title:
#O2: ''lord darcy" (2002), q.v. (this comment is from another edition of this book)
futura publications ltd. futura publications limited imprint (title page) printing, first uk p/b edition
cover art by tim white (unsigned, uncredited; collected in ''the science fiction and fantasy world of tim white'' (1980), q.v.)
cover price £1.50, australia $4.95
256pp. including 4pp.titles, indicia etc, 4 end pp: 1p. mail-order information, 3 blank pp.
early in the transition to futura publications ltd.'s futura books series, then sub-imrprint of orbit books, bearing the logo of the orbit books series, but the futura publications limited imprint. (this comment is from another edition of this book)
modern literary editions co. curtis books first printing, first mmpb edition, first p/b edition
first edition was the doubleday h/cvr (1967), q.v.
first uk edition macdonald h/cvr (1968), q.v.
cover art unsigned, uncredited; remains sfaik as-yet unidentified
cover price 75¢
240pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp.
number-string on cover incorporating cat#, price in three digits appended, may be this book's abn (this comment is from another edition of this book)